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The 2011 Gothenburg terrorism plot was an alleged plot to commit a terrorist attack on a party celebrating the opening of the 2011 Gothenburg International Art Biennial in a Röda Sten Contemporary Art Space on September 10, 2011. According to the Aftonbladet and other newspapers, Swedish artist Lars Vilks was expected to attend the event.[1][2][3][4][5]

Police evacuated 400 partygoers from the art gallery and arrested four men suspected of plotting the terror attack.[6][7][8]

26-year-old Abdi Aziz Mahamud, a 26-year-old Somali citizen living in Sweden; Salar Sami Mahamood, 24; and Abdi Weli Mohamud, 26, both citizens of Sweden, were charged with planning to stab Vilks to death.[9][10] All three were carrying knives while they were arrested.[9] A forth man arrested in the initial police raid was released.[9]

All three suspects were acquitted by Swedish courts.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Lars Vilks tänkte besöka hotade konstbiennalen i Göteborg". Aftonbladet. 12 September 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  2. ^ Genbourg, Linda (21 September 2011). "Lars Vilks believed to have been the target". Goteborg Daily. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Göteborg International Biennial". Art News. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Lars Vilks: the Swedish artist never far from danger". Telegraph. 15 February 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  5. ^ Richards, Chris (14 February 2015). "Copenhagen shooting: Who is Lars Vilks?". Mirror. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  6. ^ "Four terror suspects held in Swedish city of Gothenburg". BBC. 11 September 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  7. ^ Nyberg, Per (12 September 2011). "4 terror suspects arrested in Sweden". CNN. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  8. ^ "Terror suspects arrested in Sweden reportedly linked to Somali Islamists". Al Arabiya. Al Arabiya and news agencies. 12 September 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  9. ^ a b c "Three charged for plot to murder Lars Vilks". The Local. 6 December 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  10. ^ "Three charged with conspiring to kill cartoonist for Muhammad cartoons". National Post. Reuters. 6 December 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  11. ^ "Acquittal upheld in Vilks case in Sweden". UPI. UPI. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
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